Editing DynaTAC (section)

==Description==
Several prototypes were made between 1973 and 1983. The product accepted by the FCC weighed 28&nbsp;ounces (790&nbsp;g) and was 10&nbsp;inches (25&nbsp;cm) high, not including its flexible "rubber duck" [[whip antenna]]. In addition to the typical 12-key telephone keypad, it had nine additional special keys:

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* Rcl (recall)
* Clr (clear)
* Snd (send)
* Sto (store)
* Fcn (function)
* End
* Pwr (power)
* Lock 
* Vol (volume)
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It employed some of the technology previously used in the [[ALOHAnet]] system, including [[metal–oxide–semiconductor]] (MOS) [[transceiver]] and [[modem]] technology.<ref name="Fralick75">{{cite conference |last1=Fralick |first1=Stanley C. |last2=Brandin |first2=David H. |last3=Kuo |first3=Franklin F. |last4=Harrison |first4=Christopher |title=Digital Terminals For Packet Broadcasting |conference=AFIPS '75 |date=May 19–22, 1975 |publisher=[[American Federation of Information Processing Societies]] |doi=10.1145/1499949.1499990 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a122774.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116151405/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a122774.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref>

===Variants{{anchor|Motorola Tough Talker}}===
The DynaTAC 8 Series, Classic, Classic II, Ultra Classic, and Ultra Classic II had an [[LED display]], with red [[LED]]s; the DynaTAC International Series with green LEDs, and the DynaTAC 6000XL used a [[vacuum fluorescent display]]. These displays were severely limited in what information they could show. The battery allowed for a call of up to 60 minutes, after which it was necessary to charge the phone up to 10 hours in a [[Trickle charging|trickle charger]] or one hour in a fast charger, which was a separate accessory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://motoinfo.motorola.com/motoinfo/20th_anniversary/photos.asp?year=2|title=20th Anniversary of the World's First Commercial Cellular Phone|publisher=Motorola|access-date=2007-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219035845/http://motoinfo.motorola.com/motoinfo/20th_anniversary/photos.asp?year=2|archive-date=2007-02-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> While still retaining the DynaTAC name, the 6000XL was completely unrelated to the DynaTAC 8000 Series, in that it was a transportable phone meant for installation in a vehicle. The 6000XL was later reconfigured as the Motorola Tough Talker, with a ruggedized build intended for construction sites, emergency workers, and special events planners.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Scott | first=Matthew | date=August 1988 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1l4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39 | title=Have Portable, Will Travel in the Cellular Phone Market | journal=Black Enterprise | publisher=Earl G. Graves Publishing Company | volume=19 | issue=1 | page=39 | via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Marek | first=Sue | date=January 1993 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A13522422/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=Rugged & powerful | journal=Cellular Marketing | publisher=Penton Media | volume=81 | issue=1 | page=18 | via=Gale OneFile}}</ref>

The DynaTAC Series was succeeded by the [[MicroTAC]] in 1989.

===Legacy===
With the removal of analog network cells nearly all over the world, the DynaTAC models running on AMPS or other analog networks are mostly obsolete. Thus, they are more collectors' items than usable cellphones. The International series, however, will still work, but only on GSM 900 cells.

The DynaTac 8000X, due to its resemblance in size and weight to a standard clay-fired [[brick]], was nicknamed the '''brick phone''' by users,<ref>Nellis, Blake (March 2, 2015). "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/470110491/ The Evolution of the Cell Phone]". ''The Technocrat''. The Montana Standard (Butte, Montana). p. T6.</ref> a term later applied to other brands as a contrast to smaller handsets appearing in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mobile Communications: An Introduction to New Media|author=Nicola Green, Leslie Haddon|year=2009|page=20}}</ref>